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Queens Park Rangers manager Neil Warnock is tight-lipped over whether his
new-look team will have a new captain. But he does not hesitate in
identifying Joey Barton as the most significant of his new signings as the
midfield player prepares to make his debut tonight against Newcastle United,
his former club.

“It was pivotal to get Joey,” Warnock said. “That showed everybody else. Shaun
Wright-Phillips was a room-mate of his at Manchester City and I think it
made him think, ‘Bloody hell, if Joey is signing, it’s got to be serious.’
He triggered it off.